Carpenters Around the World...

[Rick Henry]

There are many Carpenters fans from around the world... it's amazing almost every part of the world knows the Carpenters.

Let us know where you're from and how popular Carpenters are right now in your part of the world.

[carpentersgermany]

Hey Rick,

that's a great topic to talk about.. I will take my time and think about what I can share with you about the Carpenters in Germany..

I'm really looking forward what Ming and Timo, for instance will tell us!

[Rick Henry]

CG... we spoke about this in email recently and as you know I would like you to be moderator of the new board. I will take the time to create the new board tonight or tomorrow and maybe you can intiate the first conversations their.

[carpentersgermany]

Aug 29, 2008 19:44:35 GMT -5 Rick Henry said:

CG... we spoke about this in email recently and as you know I would like you to be moderator of the new board. I will take the time to create the new board tonight or tomorrow and maybe you can intiate the first conversations their.

Cool, I'll think about an initial topic that might evoke an interesting conversation where (hopefully) many members will participate..

Concerning, Carpenters Around the World.. As I mentioned sometimes before, Carpenters aren't that popular in Germany as in many other countries. Most of the people in my age maybe know some Carpenters songs but they can't relate those songs to the Carpenters, mostly they don't know that they exist(ed).

So it's even more special for me when I see anything Carpenters-related over here. Right know there's something like a little renaissance of the Carpenters version of "Knowing when to leave" happening in Germany.
The reason for that is, that in a pretty successful celebrity soap about the very popular German singer Sarah Connor and her (American) husband Marc Terenzi, the song appeared.
The show deals with the live of Sarah and Marc and their families. One of Sarah's 7(!) younger sisters, Lulu, is starting a musical career right now and in the show there was a part where Lulu was filmed taking singing lessons.
In that part she sings (or at least tries to sing) "Knowing when to leave".. I watched the Show with some friends of mine and just screamed "Carpenters"!!!
You can watch the part (in low quality) on YouTube and many people there ask "What's the name of the song? It's beautiful!" The answers is always "Knowing when to leave by The Carpenters". I think that's pretty remarkable because it's D. Warwick's version of the song that was used in the show.
Many people searched the Carpenters version on YouTube as you see the "Lulu-Clip" is listed as the second clip on Carpenters "Knowing when to leave" from Music Music Music..

I think that's great!!!

Lulu taking singing lessons (Knowing wen to leave)
de.youtube.com/watch?v=3_ZBA3Yvu2g

Sarah Connor - From Sarah with Love (one of her biggest hits from 2001, starring Lulu as a 9 year old girl)
de.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7RKM32CvIc

Carpenters - Knowing when to leave (1980)
de.youtube.com/watch?v=aEE20sFWCDU

[Ming]

Hello,

I don't think the Carpenters is popular in Hong Kong. But songs of the Carpenters are sometimes heard on radio, especially in radio programs which play English songs from 60s-70s.

Young people in HK likes HK Pop and Japanese Pop and they seldom listen to old songs. It is kinda sad because they are missing a lot.

Ming

[timo]

Hi all!
I was thinking of writing about this subject almost exactly like Ming did - concerning the popularity of the C's music in Finland these days, it's pretty much filed under the golden oldies category.
Then just this summer a band of four sisters Anne, Anneli, Anniina and Anitta Mattila released a single (followed by a tour at least) called 'Hei postimies' which is Please Mr Postman sung in Finnish resembling C's arrangement. The first two sisters are popular singing artists on their own who have now united with the two others for this joint project. I wish I had links to videos or anything but there just aren't any so you'll have to do with these words when I say that maybe there is something going on in here. after all, Carpenters-wise! It's gotten a lot of airplay anyway.

[Rick Henry]

Hello all...

Sorry I haven't yet put up the new International Board.

The new board will be going in the "Etc. and More" section near the "Different Light" board and it will be called "Internationally Global". This will be a place for us to speak about our own part of the world. It can be Carpenters related... but doesn't have to be. You'll be able to talk about your culture, economy, politics, religion, languages, history, music or whatever it is that makes your nation, country, city, village, etc what it is.

I'm going to try and get this board going tonight.